13-letter words containing m, e, l, a, s
- saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- sales manager — leader of a sales team
- sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
- salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
- salmonellosis — food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella, characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salwar kameez — long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
- sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
- scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-assembly — Self-assembly is used to refer to furniture and other goods that you buy in parts and that you have to put together yourself.
- self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
- self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
- self-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semiclassical — of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
- semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- sendmail inc. — (company) The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
- sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- sexagesimally — into sixtieths
- shamelessness — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.